The Urban Farm Podcast With Greg Peterson

Stacey has taught hundreds of teens and adults how to grow, harvest and prepare fresh foods. She is a recovering engineer and architect turned garden geek and farm nerd. Stacey founded BK Farmyards, a cooperative of urban farmers in Brooklyn dedicated to social justice through urban agriculture, and helped create over an acre of new farmyards in Brooklyn. She's been featured on Martha Stewart Radio, PBS online and once appeared on the David Letterman show with a giant radish. She envisions a world where everyone is nourished by the magic of fresh, affordable and culturally exciting food…extra points if it’s homegrown. Listen in and learn about: How a day at the Farmer’s Market changed her life Borrowing a neighbor’s yard to start her garden What Urban Farming means to her David Letterman and her Giant Radish and how she was disappointed How Buckminster Fuller had such a great impact on her life How she thinks the government can start to see farmers as a resource How farming in Brooklyn is different from othe